The Garden Helper, Gardening on the Web since 1997 The Gardener's Forum, Gardener's Helping Others Grow Gardening information resources, planting zones, maps, charts and guides An easy to understand guide to growing and caring for House Plants What should you be doing in the garden this month? Directory of Flower Photos and much more Grandmas Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes
Willy World Plant a Flower Garden  Post A Reply
login | | |

  next oldest garden   next newest garden
» Willy World » Gardening Reference » Gardening in 2006 » Yikes! Help with Shasta Daisies

   
Author Garden: Yikes! Help with Shasta Daisies
gailo
Dream Gardener
Member # 8255

Gnome 1 posted      Profile for gailo     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
My shasta daisies are getting ready to bloom for the first time ever. I went out to check on them and there was this white foamy substance on them. One even had a wad of dead leaves. I took the hose and washed the stuff off left were some very small bugs that were whitish green and oval shaped. Anyone know what those are? I think I must spray or something. Any advice would be appreciated.

* * * *
gailo
Plants: 135 | From: Maryland's Eastern Shore | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 69.2.188.110
Tomacco
Dream Gardener
Member # 10639

Gnome 1 posted      Profile for Tomacco     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
Sounds like spit bugs to me. But I could be wrong [Smile]

* * * *
Tomacco

That coffee was so strong, it swallowed the cream...
http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l268/Tomacco1/
Plants: 126 | From: Connecticut | Registered: Aug 2006  |  Seeded: 70.235.67.232
Patty S
Garden Pro!
Member # 6889

Gnome 1 posted      Profile for Patty S     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
Sounds like Spittle bugs to me... I get those darned things every spring, until things dry out around here. I know that you can kill them with strong doses of Sevin, although I hate to use that stuff.

Since they get on ANYTHING GREEN (& especially like my Strawberries & my 70 foot Iris row), it's easier to wash them off with the heavy spray setting on the hose nozzle. Some of them come back, but I keep doing it a few times a day till they're gone (usually not more than a couple weeks). They can't live without being inside that mass of bubbles they make, because they dry out real fast & die.

Other than the Cucumber Beatle, Spittle bugs are just about the only insect I have more than my share of! [Mad] Good luck with your Daisies!

* * * *
-
-
Plants: 6255 | From: SW Oregon interior | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 207.200.116.139
gailo
Dream Gardener
Member # 8255

Gnome 1 posted      Profile for gailo     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
Thanks for the info. It is funny, I came into the house and told my husband there was something on my daisies that looked like spit, but I didn't want to be too crude and describe it to you all like that. [Big Grin] I will keep washing them off the plants if that is all it takes. Thanks again.

* * * *
gailo
Plants: 135 | From: Maryland's Eastern Shore | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 69.2.190.164
gailo
Dream Gardener
Member # 8255

Gnome 1 posted      Profile for gailo     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
I found some more of the spit bugs on my rosemary. I hope we have a cold winter.

* * * *
gailo
Plants: 135 | From: Maryland's Eastern Shore | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 69.2.190.170
   

Quick Reply
Message:

HTML is not enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.

Instant Graemlins
     


Plant a Flower Garden  Post A Reply Close Topic   Feature Topic   Move Topic   Delete Topic next oldest garden   next newest garden
- Printer-friendly view of this garden
Hop To:


The Garden Helper | Privacy Statement

Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classic™ 6.7.2